These options are used
with the Windows 95 SETUP.EXE program and change the way Windows can be installed.
While case is not normally important, if the option is in upper case, the
option MUST be in upper case to work.

/?

Show some but
not all switches available

/c

Bypass running
the disk cache program SMARTDrive

/d

Ignore the current
Windows configuration if present (like WIN.INI and SYSTEM.INI)

/l

Use Logitech mouse
during setup

/n

Run setup without
a mouse

-s

Use an alternate
SETUP.INF file

/t:

Specify the folder
to store setup temporary files (any files that exist in the specified
folder are deleted)

/id

Skip check for
free space

/ig

Special support
for older Gateway and Micron computers with older BIOS

/ih

Run SCANDISK in
the foreground /im Ignore memory check

/iq

Do not check for
crosslinked files if SCANDISK fails, or is disabled from running by using
the /is switch

/is

Do not run SCANDISK
during setup

/it

Do not check for
TSRs that normally interfere with Windows Setup

/IW

Skip question
for license agreement

/nm

Ignore the CPU
type check and install anyway. For example, Windows 95 will complain if
the processor is a 386SX (like anyone is using one today), this option
lets Windows install anyway.

/NTLDR

Allow installation
even if a prior version of Windows is not found. This is typically used
when installing a new drive, and the PC came with a crippled OEM version
of Windows that will refuse to install.

/p

Pass a string
of one or more options onto the Setup detection manager, separated by
semicolons. See Microsoft
switches document for more details. Some of the more useful options
include:

/p b Prompt before running each detection module /p f Ignore the current registry and rebuild a completely new one.
This is very useful if the registry is completely corrupted, and you have
no backup to use. /p g=3 Verbose progress - so you can see what hardware detection
hangs during setup and possibly exclude it.

Easter Eggs

Product Team - Windows
95A and later: On the desktop right click on the desktop and select
new folder. Name the folder "and now, the moment you've all been waiting
for" and press enter. Right click on the folder again and type "we proudly
present for your viewing pleasure" and press enter. Right click on the
folder again and rename it to "The Microsoft Windows 95 Product Team!"
and press enter. Double click on the folder to activate the Easter egg.

Product Team - Windows
95B and later - Right click on the desktop, click properties, then click
on the Screen Saver tab, Choose 3-D text as the screen saver, and click
on settings. In the Display Text box type "volcano", and then click
ok.

Startup/Shutdown
screens

To remove the startup screen,
unhide the file C:\MSDOS.SYS. In the DOS box, type ATTRIB -H -R -S C:\MSDOS.SYS.
Exit the DOS box. Edit the file and under the [Options] section add (or
change the line if present) to LOGO=0

To change the startup and/or
shutdown graphic screens, you can substitute a 320x400 pixel bitmap
of your choice (no other size will work). The files to replace reside
in your Windows directory, and have the non-bmp names:

You may wish to save the
originals first by renaming the file you plan to replace. For example,
change LOGO.SYS to LOGO.OLD. Then copy your own bitmap (bmp) file, renamed
and relocated to the Windows directory.

Installation Not
on the First Drive

For expert users, Windows,
in some situations, can run and boot from a second drive. Be aware this
may not work. If you want to try it, the process is to first install
Windows on the first physical hard disk C. This disk drive is then switched
with another drive (usually changing drive jumpers if IDE). The new
"first drive" without Windows must not have any extended or logical
partitions.

Using System Commander to
boot the OS, specific under Settings, OS Specific options, be sure that
all partitions on the first drive are hidden. When Windows on the second
drive is selected from the System Commander OS selection menu, it will
boot properly and appear as drive C: (even though it is running from
the second drive).

Microsoft does not support
this configuration. We've seen it work on systems, but it also may fail
to boot on your specific system (although it will not hurt anything).
Please be aware that V Communications can't help you, should it not
boot properly, as it appears Windows is sensitive to some hardware configurations.
It may be one of the reasons Microsoft does not support it.

Uncommon Keyboard
shortcuts

Shift-F10

Right-click
selected item

Alt-Esc

Switch to
Taskbar's "next" open window

Alt-F4

Close active
window

Alt-Spacebar-C

Close active
window

Alt-Spacebar-N

Minimize
active window

Alt-Spacebar-R

Restore
closed active window

Alt-Spacebar-X

Maximize
active window

Alt-Tab

Show and
Switch between open windows (hold Alt and continue to press Tab)

Ctrl-Alt-Del

Display
the Close Program dialog box (with end task and shutdown options)

Ctrl-Esc

Display
Start menu

Ctrl-F10

Switch focus
to menu commands (in any Explorer window)

Ctrl-Shift-Tab

Rotate through
dialog box tabs in reverse

Ctrl-Tab

Rotate through
dialog box tabs

Ctrl-+

Autosize
the columns in Explorer and some other applications (use Num-pad
"+")